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  * Contributors:
  * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.core.runtime;

 /**
  * Product providers define products (units of branding) which have been installed in
  * the current system. Typically, a configuration agent (i.e., plug-in installer) will
  * define a product provider so that it can report to the system the products it has installed.
  * <p>
  * Products are normally defined and installed in the system using extensions to the
  * <code>org.eclipse.core.runtime.products</code> extension point. In cases where
  * the notion of product is defined by alternate means (e.g., primary feature), an <code>IProductProvider</code>
  * can be installed in this extension point using an executable extension. The provider
  * then acts as a proxy for the product extensions that represent the products installed.
  * </p>
  *
  * @see IProduct
  * @since 3.0
  */
 public interface IProductProvider {
     /**
      * Returns the human-readable name of this product provider.
      *
      * @return the name of this product provider
      */
     public String getName();

     /**
      * Returns the products provided by this provider.
      *
      * @return the products provided by this provider
      */
     public IProduct[] getProducts();
 }

